Abstract: A communication device is provided. The communication device includes software modules include instructions: to display a floor plan diagram corresponding to a scene on a screen display; to display a personnel symbol on the floor plan diagram according to the location of the communication device; to display an equipment symbol on the floor plan diagram according to an equipment location information received from a command assignment system; to display a report interface and an intercommunication interface on the screen display; to transmit a report message for interacting with a command assignment interface of the command assignment system in response to detecting a submission operation with respect to the report interface; and to transmit a message for interacting with a communication interface of a neighboring communication device in response to detecting a submission operation with respect to the intercommunication interface.

Abstract: A command assignment device is provided. The command assignment device includes software modules which include instructions: to display a floor plan diagram corresponding to a scene on a screen display; to display a symbol on the floor plan diagram according to a responder device location information received from a responder device located at the scene; to generate a destination correlation information in response to detecting a correlation operation between the responder symbol and a destination on the floor plan diagram; to generate an action information in response to various actions taken; and to transmit a command signal comprising any commands given for display on the responder device(s). The disclosure further provides a command assignment method and a command assignment interface.

Abstract: A complex sheet structure includes a base plate, a microstructure layer, and a shielding layer. The microstructure layer is formed on the base plate and has a first side and an opposite second side. The microstructure layer has a plurality of prismatic structures, and the base plate touches the first side of the microstructure layer. The shielding layer covers the second side of the microstructure layer and contains a low light-transmittance material.

Abstract: An environmental hazard warning system is provided. The environmental hazard warning system includes a data unit, a comparison unit, and an alarm unit. The data unit is capable of storing a plurality protective suit tolerance data. The comparison unit receives a portable sensor parameter signal including a portable sensor parameter from a portable sensor, and compares the portable sensor parameter with the protective suit tolerance data corresponding to the portable sensor parameter. The alarm unit transmits an alarm signal corresponding to the comparison between the portable sensor parameter and the protective suit tolerance data. The disclosure further provides an environmental hazard warning method.

Abstract: An emergency response system is provided. The emergency response system includes an administrator information database capable of storing an administrator information, an emergency device information database capable of storing an emergency device information, a control unit, and a communication unit. The control unit searches the administrator information database to find the administrator information corresponding to a report signal, thereby generating a notification signal according to the administrator information, and searches the emergency device information database to find the emergency device information corresponding to the report signal, thereby generating a reply signal including a nearby emergency device information according to the emergency device information. In response to receiving the report signal from the user terminal, the communication unit transmits the notification signal to an administrator terminal, and transmits the reply signal to the user terminal.

Abstract: An emergency command system is provided. The emergency command system selectively operated in a real time monitoring mode, a forecast mode, and a strategy inferring mode includes an input interface unit, a scene information unit, an emergency status providing unit, a strategy inferring unit, an output interface unit, and a commanding unit. The emergency status providing unit receives an alarm signal corresponding to an emergency, and produces scene simulation data according to the alarm signal and a set of scene information in the scene information unit corresponding to the emergency. The strategy inferring unit produces a strategy inference diagram according to the scene simulation data and/or strategy data input through the input interface unit, thereby displaying through the output interface unit. The commanding unit transmits command signals produced according to the strategy data to terminal devices. The disclosure further provides an emergency command method.

Abstract: An emergency guiding system is provided. The emergency guiding system includes an emergency guiding server and a portable device. The emergency guiding server includes a guiding scheme determination unit producing a guiding scheme and an augmented reality information unit. The portable device transmits an image characteristic signal including image data produced according to an image to the emergency guiding server. The emergency guiding server transmits an augmented reality signal to the portable device, wherein the augmented reality signal includes an augmented reality data produced by the augmented reality information unit according to the guiding scheme, the image data, and a portable device location information in a location signal corresponding to the portable device. The portable device produces an augmented reality image according to the image and the augmented reality data. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding server and an emergency guiding portable device.

Abstract: An emergency guiding system includes an emergency guiding server, a portable device, and short distance wireless identifiers. The emergency guiding server includes a guiding scheme determination unit producing a guiding scheme in response to an emergency and a route providing unit producing a recommended route according to the last guiding scheme and a location signal in response to the production of the guiding scheme. The short distance wireless identifiers detect the presence of the portable device through a short distance wireless communication unit of the portable device, thereby transmitting the corresponding location signal to the emergency guiding server. The emergency guiding server transmits a guiding signal to the portable device according to the location signal, wherein the guiding signal includes a portion of a recommended route adjacent to the portable device to reach a particular target. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding server.

Abstract: An emergency guiding system includes an emergency guiding server and a portable device. The emergency guiding server includes a guiding scheme determination unit producing a guiding scheme in response to an emergency, a route providing unit producing a recommended route to reach a particular target according to the last guiding scheme and a device location information in a location signal in response to the production of the guiding scheme, and a scene location data unit including sets of scene location information. The portable device includes a location identification unit producing the device location information, which transmits the location signal including the device location information to the emergency guiding server. The emergency guiding server transmits a guiding signal including the recommended route to the portable device when the device location information corresponds to one set of the scene location information. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding server.

Abstract: A hazardous condition monitoring system is provided. The hazardous condition monitoring system includes a server module, an interface adapting module, and a hazard processing module communicating with terminal devices. The server module includes a network interface unit and a processing unit. The interface adapting module communicates with the server module through the network interface unit through a computer network. The processing unit derives the output information from a second type signal received from the interface adapting module, and produces the second type signal including input information for the hazard processing module. The interface adaptor transforms a first type signal and the second type signal into the signal of the other type, and transmits the transformed signals to the server module and the hazard processing module, respectively. The disclosure further provides a server for monitoring hazardous conditions.

Abstract: An emergency guiding system is provided. The emergency guiding system includes a database unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The determination unit receives an alarm signal from a hazard processing apparatus including a plurality of sensors, wherein the alarm signal includes status information of the actuated sensors. The database unit includes a plurality of predetermined guiding schemes corresponding to the sensors. After the determination unit chooses one of the predetermined guiding schemes according to the status information of the actuated sensors in the alarm signal, the control unit performs an operation according to the chosen predetermined guiding scheme. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding method.

Abstract: A light guide device and a backlight module. The backlight module comprises a light guide device and a plurality of light sources. The light guide device comprises a housing, comprising a frame around the housing; and a light guide plate, integrated inside the frame and comprising a light-emitting surface on one side of the light guide plate inside the frame and a light-receiving surface on one edge of the light guide plate, wherein a plurality of slots are disposed between the light guide plate and the frame and on other edges different from the edge whereon the light-receiving surface is disposed, and each of a plurality of barriers is disposed on an inner side of the light guide plate while being adjacent to one of the plurality of slots. The barriers are capable of reflecting the light traveling toward the frame back to the backlight module to improve the light efficiency.

Abstract: A bonding pad structure is disclosed, which is composed of two bonding pad units that are symmetrically disposed with respect to an axial line. Each bonding pad units is further composed of at least two bonding pads, i.e. each bonding pad unit is composed of at least one first bonding pad and at least one second bonding pad. In an embodiment, the first bonding pad is arranged next to the axial line and the second bonding pad is arranged at a side of the corresponding first bonding pad away from the axial line while enabling the first bonding pad and the corresponding second bonding pad to be interconnected to each other by a first neck portion. Thereby, a plurality of solder areas of different sizes can be formed by the interconnecting of the at least two bonding pad units that can be used for soldering electronic components of different sizes.

Abstract: A composite cover sheet includes a first protective film, a first adhesive layer, a second protective film and a second adhesive layer. The first protective film has a first sticking part and a first movable part. The first protective film is attached to a base sheet through the first adhesive layer, and the first protective film is removed from the base sheet through the first movable part. The second protective film has a second sticking part and a second movable part, and the second protective film and the first protective film are separately formed. The second protective film is attached to the first protective film through the second adhesive layer, and the second protective film is removed from the first protective film through the second movable part.

Abstract: A complex sheet structure includes a base plate, a microstructure layer, and a shielding layer. The microstructure layer is formed on the base plate and has a first side and an opposite second side. The microstructure layer has a plurality of prismatic structures, and the base plate touches the first side of the microstructure layer. The shielding layer covers the second side of the microstructure layer and contains a low light-transmittance material.

Abstract: A light guide device and a backlight module. The backlight module comprises a light guide device and a plurality of light sources. The light guide device comprises a housing, comprising a frame around the housing; and a light guide plate, integrated inside the frame and comprising a light-emitting surface on one side of the light guide plate inside the frame and a light-receiving surface on one edge of the light guide plate, wherein a plurality of slots are disposed between the light guide plate and the frame and on other edges different from the edge whereon the light-receiving surface is disposed, and each of a plurality of barriers is disposed on an inner side of the light guide plate while being adjacent to one of the plurality of slots. The barriers are capable of reflecting the light traveling toward the frame back to the backlight module to improve the light efficiency.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for coherent polarization mode dispersion generation are provided. A generator can include at least four birefringent stages. The birefringent stages are in optical series, and each includes a differential group delay (“DGD”) element. The intermediate stages' DGD elements are harmonic. Also, these intermediate stages each include a phase-shifting element. The generator can also include a polarization mode-mixing apparatus and a variable phase-shifting apparatus. The mode-mixing apparatus is capable of inducing polarization mode-mixing between at least one pair of adjacent stages to generate DGD and second order PMD independently at at least one optical frequency. The variable phase-shifting apparatus can include a phase-shifting controller coupled to each of said phase-shifting elements. A graphical user interface for PMD emulation, a PMD compensator for reducing PMD impairment, and calibration methods are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for coherent polarization mode dispersion generation are provided. A generator can include at least four birefringent stages. The birefringent stages are in optical series, and each includes a differential group delay (“DGD”) element. The intermediate stages' DGD elements are harmonic. Also, these intermediate stages each include a phase-shifting element. The generator can also include a polarization mode-mixing apparatus and a variable phase-shifting apparatus. The mode-mixing apparatus is capable of inducing polarization mode-mixing between at least one pair of adjacent stages to generate DGD and second order PMD independently at at least one optical frequency. The variable phase-shifting apparatus can include a phase-shifting controller coupled to each of said phase-shifting elements. A graphical user interface for PMD emulation, a PMD compensator for reducing PMD impairment, and calibration methods are also provided.

Abstract: Hybrid methods and apparatus for transforming the state of polarization of an electromagnetic wave are provided. The method includes varying both the retardation and the angular rotation of at least one section of a polarization transformer.